History Faculty Publications
Title
Reviews: 'Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America' and 'Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age'
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2-2010
Publication Source
American Historical Review
Abstract
The history of the automobile, once thought to be largely the province of historians of business or technology or of popularists, has shown new life of late with the publication of several remarkably insightful inter disciplinary studies that take the car out of the assembly plant and garage. Brian Ladd and Cotten Seiler recognize that the automobile offers a unique window into the twentieth century and what it means to be human. Their books draw on cultural sources in ways that more fully explain the psychological and social aspects of the everyday life of automobile owners and users.
Inclusive pages
254-256
ISBN/ISSN
0002-8762
Copyright
Copyright © 2010, American Historical Association
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Volume
115
Issue
1
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Heitmann, John Alfred, "Reviews: 'Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America' and 'Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age'" (2010). History Faculty Publications. 74.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/hst_fac_pub/74
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Comments
Permission documentation is on file.
Citation information for the books reviewed:
Seiler, Cotten. Republic of Drivers : A Cultural History of Automobility in America. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Ladd, Brian. Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2008.